Quote:Leon you should go hunt more.
Boy howdy do I ever agree with that!! Unfortunately "life responsibilities" have kept me from doing nearly as much hunting as I'd like in the last couple of months.
Quote:Let's see some statistics concerning predator taken during the 2010-2011 season!
I haven't kept precise records in years, but 22 coyotes killed in 40ish days of hunting is pretty close.
However Andrew, if you had been paying attention, you would understand that those are just numbers, and can in no way be considered statistics.
To make any kind of meaningfull statistical evaluation of my hunting success/failure, you'd need a larger (multi year?) data set, as well as the details of all these variables (and more).
Some days I made 4 stands, some 12-15.
I was in Iraq for 7 months of the year
I hunted in three different states, AZ, NM, and TX.
I hunted in desert, plains, mountain pines, and Texas hill country.
(Almost) all the stands I made were "blind" with zero pre-scouting (by anybody), but several days I hunted old favorites from before I went to Iraq (that I hadn't set on in several years).
Many stands were solo, but some were with as many as four people.
Some stands, both solo and with others, focused downwind, some upwind, and some covered 270 or 360deg
100% of the time I wore a ghillie suit, but sometimes others were cameoed, and sometimes there was at least one person on the stand in regular clothes.
Most were made using e-callers, but some were hand calls exclusively and others used both.
A few stands used a decoy and IIRC I think I killed at least one coyote on a "decoy" stand.
On almost all the stands I was standing up, on some of the stands made with others there was at least one other person standing up as well.
I used ARs almost exclusively in .243 WSSM, .204, and .223, but killed one long range "target of opportunity" with a Rem 700 .308.
I shot coyotes at ranges from about 10yds to 700ish.
To make a really valid analysis of any usefulness, you should probably know the mix of male/female, ages, sizes etc too, but maybe this further explanation will provide some illumination of the difference between numbers and statistics.
So, once again Andrew, do you have a valid source/link for your assertion of fact that,
"85% of parent on a whole have absolutely no clue what is being taught to their children. They're either too busy with work or plain and simple, their interests lie elsewhere."?
Or is it the case that though you expressed it as a statement of fact, you were just "calling em like you see em" and just blowing smoke without anything to back it up?